Mad Libs Catchphrase

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A Catchphrase that's slightly different every time—the same phrase structure, but with one or two words varied each time it's used, either completely at random or somehow related to the current situation. Perhaps the most famous is Robin's "Holy ____, Batman!"

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NOTE: Examples should be formatted like a "Mad Libs" page, with the missing word or phrase made as specific as possible. We want [plural noun]note people who [verb]note see them to understand the [abstract noun]note point, after all! Blank lines appear when the gap can be filled with pretty much anything.

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Advertising

Playstation's Long Live Play ad campaign has Kevin Butler, VP of [silly fictional department].

This is a standard trope for Ad Bumpers on TV shows, especially syndicated shows, but also shows up on Saturday mornings as well. It usually follows this pattern:

"[show] will return / be (right) back after these messages."

"We now return to / (And) now back to [show]."note Other variants exist, but these are the most common.

Early Cartoon Network bumpers sometimes had the network refer to itself as "The [random noun or adjective] Network." For example, when the network aired G Force, it sometimes referred to itself as "The Lightspeed Network". Another example is when Wildfire aired as part of its "Look What We Found" showcase, when the network referred to itself as "The Boss Hoss Network".

"[Name of regularly scheduled program]note Or alternately, "This program". will not be seen today / tonight, but will return next weeknote Or alternately, "next [whatever day of the week it's usually shown on]". / tomorrow / Monday at it's regularly scheduled time."note The station or network will then announce what special programming will be shown instead.

It isn't done very much anymore, but as recently as the 1990s (at least) CBS would occasionally have this, especially for their daytime showsnote It happened on both game shows and soap operas alike.:

"Stay tuned for [name of next program], next over most of these CBS stations."

In the U.K., during the days when networks regularly "closed down" and "started up" (referred to in other countries as signing off and on), whenever a network that isn't one of the BBC networks started up, they would usually say some variation of the following:

"Good morning. This is [regional ITV affiliate / Channel 4] broadcasting on the (in some cases, [name of local area]) transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Authority."note Essentially, the U.K.'s version of the FCC, which had replaced the earlier Independent Television Authority, and was later replaced by the Independent Television Commission, which later merged with other TV regulating companies to form the Office of Communication, or "Ofcom" for short.

Anime & Manga

Nozomu Itoshiki, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: "I'm in despair! [The subject of today's episode] has left me in despair!", or with the change to the manga's translator: "It's hopeless! I've lost all faith in [subject of today's chapter]!"

Gintama: Katsura occasionally twists his catchphrase of "It's not Zura, it's Katsura" into "I'm not a [noun], I'm Katsura" or "I'm not [adjective], I'm Katsura". Even if that winds up blowing his cover, he still does it. And sometimes, he also twists it like "I'm not [noun]/[adjective], I'm [name]/[noun]"

Pokémon's Team Rocket's mottos, particularly in Sinnoh. Bulbapedia has a complete list. They're too long to put here, though "Listen, is that a/n [adjective noun]/[noun] I hear?" "It [verb]s to me loud and clear!" is a common one.

And when defeated and going offscreen, they used to cry out that they are "_____ing off again" (usually "blasting off"). It was a normal Catchphrase in the Japanese.

Cilan has "It's _____ time!" in the Japanese version, originally starting with tasting time, we have now had various times including, but not limited to, fishing time, science time, detective time, and unbelievable time. The dub does this to a lesser extent, with "evaluating time" being his default catchphrase instead of "tasting time".

Possibly due to either almost missing it or perhaps really loving it (or both) the dub has been adding extra "It's _____ time!" phrases for Cilan starting from Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open. They added two extra along with "It's lunch time~!" and "It's fishing time!" these being "It's fishing wrap it up time!" and "It's Pokéball time!" and they've continued to do so with the following episodes. Plus, it's not just that, but TPCI has also been having other character imitate Cilan's phrase.

Brook has: [Common phrase that includes a body part (eyes, stomach, etc.)], wait, I don't have [said body part]. He also uses: [Expression of relief at being alive/terror at the prospect of being killed], however, I am already dead.

Usopp will often come down with some kind of extremely specific disease that prevents him from going to islands he thinks are scary.

My Monster Secret uses "Actually, I am...", typically when a new character is revealed to be a vampire or werewolf or other unusual being, though it also crops up in more dramatic contexts. Also doubles as a Title Drop, due to the phrase being the manga's original Japanese name.

All Might from My Hero Academia has the catch phrase "I AM HERE!", but this is normally followed by him saying whatever he is doing, whether it's coming through the door like a hero, being in an odd position, or something else.

In the spin-off, Vigilante: My Hero Academia Illegals, once Koichi takes the persona of The Crawler, he jumps into situations while shouting, "I'm the man who [does something very specific to the current situation], THE CRAWLER!"

Yo-Kai Watch: Main character Nate has "Come out my friend! Calling [insert Yo-kai name]! Yo-kai Medal do your thing!" when summoning a Yo-kai.

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Comic Books

Calvin's Dad from Calvin and Hobbes has "[Whatever Calvin's complaining about] builds character." Eventually, Calvin parodied it by combing down his hair, taking his father's glasses, and yelling, "Calvin! go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!" which dad, annoyed, admitted was Actually Pretty Funny (Calvin's mom, meanwhile, was literally on the floor, laughing uproariously).

Grouchy Smurf from The Smurfs: "I hate [whatever we're talking about]!" In the original French, it's "I don't like [whatever we're talking about]!"note Which is practically the same thing.

Spam Dotcom from Silex and the City: "If they had _____, the dinosaurs would never have gone extinct!"

Fan Works

In Pokémon Reset Bloodlines, whenever the Team Rocket trio gets blasted off, they say their usual "Team Rocket is blasting off again!", though always adding a comment about how strange it is, how often it happens, and/or something else related to the situation at hand. A few examples:

Chapter 6: Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off most unusually, again!

Chapter 22: Team Rocket is blasting off in a way that is starting to become a pattern!

Chapter 33: Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off only for being insensitive!

Children's fantasy novel series Fablehaven has Seth's "You mean awesome [topic]," as well as his tendency for replacing various unsavory-sounding adjectives with "awesome" if it piques the interest of his inner Nightmare Fetishist.

Another novel by the same author, The Candy Shop War, has Pigeon's "I just like to read books about [noun]!"

In the Tom Swift, Jr. series, the author wrote this enough that it became a joke known as a Tom Swiftie: [statement] Tom said [adverb related to the statement]. An example of a Tom Swiftie: "We must hurry," said Tom swiftly.

In the narration of The Gallagher Girls novels, Cammie tends to provide emphasis in the form of "Yes, actual[blank]age." For example: "Yes, actual smileage."

A Song of Ice and Fire: In A Dance with Dragons, Reek tries to remind himself of his name (he also has the uncharinging Catchphrase, "I have to remember my name") with the help of the Madness Mantra "Reek, Reek, it rhymes with [word that rhymes with reek]," such as sneak or freak. He also uses it sometimes with Jeyne: "Jeyne, Jeyne, it rhymes with [word that rhymes with Jeyne]", like plain or pain.

Lazlo Woodbine in Robert Rankin's novels has two. After referring to a Noodle Incident he says "That cost me [a loved one], [a pet or artifact], [a position or body part] and [a period of time somewhere]". In more general situations he says "In this business [knowing or doing something relevant to the current situation] can mean the difference between [a convoluted metaphor for a good thing] and [a convoluted metaphor for a bad thing], if you catch my drift, and I'm sure that you do."

In Book 1 of The Gospel of Loki, the chapters are all headed with a quote in the formula, "Never trust a [person]."

Tom Cullen of The Stand, who is mildly mentally challenged and doesn't know how to spell anything, will often say, "M-O-O-N, that spells [word related to the topic of conversation]!" Accidentally accurate at one point when he says it in regard to the moon.

In the Doctor Who Expanded Universe, the Sixth Doctor's companion Mel Bush is sometimes given the Mad Libs Catchphrase "Never mind the [fictional or historic character] [activity]!" based on the scene in "Trial of a Time Lord" where she says "Never mind the Sydney Carton heroics!"

Got a Shout-Out in Batman Forever: Robin exclaims "Hole-y rusted metal, Batman!" Said hero is baffled until Robin points at the surface of the artificial island they've found themselves on. "The ground, it's all metal, and it's full of holes, y'know?"

This actually got Robert Picardo the role as the EMH on Voyager. Despite not being familiar with Bones' constant use of the Catchphrase in TOS, his audition included griping about the hologram not being turned off as characters left sick bay; he ad-libbed "I'm a doctor, not a lightbulb!"

The Mr. Potato Head Show: One of Mr. Potato Head's catchphrases is "Who's ___? That's right, it's me/you!" The blank can be filled in with all sorts of things, like "clueless", "gonna be rich", or "a genius".

Or, usually after someone says a word related to explosions, but sometimes just a random word, and before the nearby characters say/yell "No!" and he depresses the plunger and causes an explosion anyway—if he doesn't get socked, that is:

Crazy Harry: Did somebody say "[usually a word related to explosions, but sometimes just a random word]"?

Family Matters: Urkel, in response to some insult or threat from Laura: "Ha! Yesterday you said [more severe version of Laura's line]! I'm wearin' you dowwwwwwn, baby!"

Also, "Shhh! Not while I'm [verb]ing!" with a menial task like pouring or stirring for the verb.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (the US version) featured, at the start of every show, Drew Carey introducing the plot by saying "Welcome to Whose Line Is It Anyway, the show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. That's right, the points are like [thing that doesn't matter]."

Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor wears a [item of clothing] now. [Items of clothing] are cool.

[Assistant]: [Wacky intro phrase]! It's time to [verb] your [alliterative and anatomical noun]! Here he is, the [synonym for "leader"] of the [alliterative scientific noun], the [another leader synonym] of [another alliterative scientific noun], the [semi-famous person] of the [rhyming semi-scientific phrase], the one, the only the Beakman!

Sesame Street ends every episode with "Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letters __ and __, and the number __." The letters and number are those which were most prominently featured in the episode.

"Nothing's free these days." "Except for those free [thing, usually followed by a strange Noodle Incident on why they aren't allowed those any more ]."

"Remember [person]?"

"He would have loved that [singer]."

"So what happened to [same person]?"

"I think I picked [country] by mistake. Is that a problem?"

"Do you have trouble [everyday action]? [More specific rephrasing]? Well, that's because you're using a [random object] instead of [object normally used for task]!"

"You're going to use your time machine to go into the future and see [something] so we can go to the [building] earlier!"

"It's got 10 [safety gear]. 11's too many. 9, and I might as well go jump off a cliff."

When he fronted Nevermind The Buzzcocks, Mark Lamarr frequently used "People criticized [group's song], but I [mild compliment]. I say [compliment] I [mild insult]. I say I [insult] what I mean is I [really scathing insult, often involving self-torture]. Having said that, [vague compliment]."

In Red Dwarf, perilous situations would often result in the Cat exclaiming, "That's it, we're deader than [outmoded item of clothing]!"

Troy and Abed occasionally do a fake talk show they ended with "Troy and Abed in the mor~ning". Eventually this becomes a Mad Libs Catchphrase for when they're particularly enjoying something they do together, in the form of "Troy and Abed [in/doing something]" or other ways that fit the cadence of the original like such as "Evil Troy and Evil A~bed."

"Shut up Leonard, I [statement implying knowledge of something that's supposed to embarrass Leonard, but that he's not really ashamed of]."

For Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, it's a Mad Libs Hand Gesture: the high five and variations thereof. He's done a "phone five" (if you don't do it on your end, he'll somehow know), a "tiny five" (with a kindergartener), a "hypothetical high five" (doing nothing at all), and a "high two" (in a flashback to a time when he was considerably less Barney-like).

Nadia: What more could you ask for, eh? I know: A [adjective] jetpack. I too once longed for a [adjective] jetpack, but then I thought about it. [two problems with said jetpack] and all for what? So you can [mundane use of jetpack]? It ain't worth it man! Think about it.

The "Los Caquitos" segments on both Chespirito shows have a recurring gag where El Chompiras says or does something stupid, then El Peterete (and later, El Botija) combs El Chompiras' hair for a minute or so, then hits him.

Edith: Rene! Why do I find you [in some form of compromising position] with a serving girl?

Rene: You stupid woman! Can you not see that [Blatant Lies explanation which Edith buys]?

Played with in the final episode, where Edith asks why Rene is leaving the cafe with Yvette and he replies "You stupid woman! Can you not see that I am eloping?"

During the 1997-98 season of Wheel of Fortune; Pat Sajak would frequently introduce the Jackpot round by saying "Put down that [random object], Charlie, it's time for our Jackpot round". At least one incident had the item in question said to be a Viagra espresso.

The Rock had a few of these, most commonly "Why don't you [noun/verb] your ass on out of here!" and "I'm gonna take your [noun], shine it up real nice, turn that sumbitch sideways, and stick it straight up your candy ass!". The first promo he'd cut during shows would also feature one, in the form of "FINALLY The Rock has come back to [show location]!".

Radio

Car Talk: " and even though [NPR personality] [has an unpleasant reaction] whenever they hear us say it, this is NPR."

On Hello Cheeky, Denis King always introduced himself with "Hi, fans! Denis "Nickname" King here!". Then there was this, which everyone got to deliver at one point or another—"Meanwhile, in a [location], not a thousand miles from [noun related to location] "

Also, this, with the default being "and points mean prizes". Usually half the audience would shout "Prizes!" as usual, and half the audience would shout whatever noun the chairman had said.

Chairman: and points mean [noun]. What do points mean?

Audience: [NOUN]!

Nebulous: Hideously deformed Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery poster boy Harry waits for the Professor to casually use a cliché involving a body part, and immediately shouts back at him "UNLIKE YOU, PROFESSOR, I NO LONGER HAVE THE LUXURY OF A [BODY PART]".

In the original Dragnet radio-show, every episode started with our narrator Detective Winters going: ''it was [DATE], and [WEATHER] in Los Angeles. I was entering the precinct when [CASE] '

Miles Jupp on The News Quiz often credits the cuttings sent in by listeners with "Thanks to [name] for that piece of [nonsense/naughtiness/filth]" and starts the answers with "[Adverb]ly, this is the news that "

Steve Punt explaining the rules of the specialist subject round (where a student and don both have to answer questions on what they study/teach) in The Third Degree: "If the don can't answer a question it can go to the student for a bonus, but there is no bonus for the don if the student can't answer. It's like [something asymmetric or unequal to do with the subject]."

In Exalted, Sidereals can use special prayer strips bearing one of twenty-five Scriptures to enhance certain of their abilities. The Scriptures come in five sets of five, each set associated with one Sidereal caste/aspect of fate/astrological house, and the final line in each set except for Journeys is a perfect example of this trope.

In another Exalted example, the description of each of the Sidereal castes in their particular sourcebook starts with "Life is [noun/phrase relevant to the caste's purview]". Likewise, the description of each of the Terrestrial (Dragon-Blooded) elemental aspects in their sourcebook starts with a two-word sentence: "[Element] [verb which that element does]s."

"I HAVE [emotion]!"—Fawful in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Throughout, it's "fury", though at one point, he says "I have fright!" The phrase gets more varied in Partners in Time, and even further in Bowser's Inside Story.

Doc Louis in the Wii version of Punch-Out!!. "What's your favorite kind of ______? Mine's chocolate!"

Commander Shepard from Mass Effect. "What can you tell me about [topic of interest]?" / "What do you know about [topic of interest]?"

Sanger Zonvolt of Super Robot Wars. "I am Sanger Zonvolt, the sword that smites [noun]!" Usually he smites evil (or cleaves it in Japanese), but special enemies have it replaced with something relating to them, such as God. At one point, he even Mad Libs his Evil Twin's catchphrase.

A cheat for Age of Empires III makes the name of a unit's killer pop up above the victim, with "'d!" on the end, as a shoutout to Teen Girl Squad. Shot by a cannon? Culverin'd! Shot by American Militia? Minuteman'd! Get run over by the carriage on the end of a train? Caboose'd! And so on.

Pirohiko from Zettai Hero Project has a variation on his "[blank] Ranger!" catchphrase for just about any situation.

Prince Dreambert from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team says 'Be at one with [something]' at every other point in the game. Usually 'be at one with defeating this type of enemy'.

"Colecovision presents [original creator]'s [game]"note Not all games did this, though.

Unlike in the English versions, whenever a character is unlocked or otherwise introduced in the Japanese version of both versions of Super Smash Bros. 4, it's always "[character] sansen!! ([character] enters the battle!!)".example When the Villager from the Animal Crossing series is introduced, the English versions say "Villager comes to town!", whereas the Japanese version simply says "Murabito sansen!! (Villager enters the battle!!)".

Destiny: The Ahamkara and the Virtuous Worms have "Oh [subject] mine", with subject being whoever they are addressing. This phrase is actually an invocation of the Reality-warping Anthem Anatheme.

Dragon Quest: "A [monster] appeared." / "Command?"note This version is truer to how it's said in the original Japanese versions. The "...draws near" version was invented for the first North American release of the original game.

Undertale: "[The area around a Save Point is described]... it fills you with determination." Or: "[Description of setting's ambience.] You're filled with determination." (The wording has miscellaneous other variations.)

One of them was discussed by Dirk, during a conversation with Caliborn.

uu: AND THE FACT THAT I MIGHT NOT CLuE YOu INTO YOuR FATE ALL THE TIME. uu: DuE TO MY AGGRAVATED APATHY OVER THE MATTER. uu: IS AN IMMuTABLE FACT. I AM STATING FOR THE RECORD. uu: IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT GIVING A SHIT IS WHAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE. TT: I feel like you've said something like that before. TT: Different statements, but in that exact syntax.

The Homestar Runner Wiki has a whole list of "Variable Word Running Gags", like Homestar's use of the phrase "Best/worst x bucks I ever spent!" and Strong Bad scolding The Cheat with "The Cheat! I told you to...".

In Teen Girl Squad, the girls wil cry out "Ow! My [body part or attribute]," when they get injured or killed. This is usually caused by the "comic"'s trademark cathphrase/running gag: "[noun]'d!!!" This descended from the first strip's use of "Arrowed!!!", and includes "404'd!!!", "MSG'd!!!", "Cerebellum'd!!!", and "Late 360 shove-it to boneless...'d!!!"

"If I want [X, typically a film genre], I'll stick with real [X], like [better-known but still obscure example], thank you very much!" note If I want woodchipper movies, I'll stick with real woodchipper movies—like Fargo—thank you very much!"

"You're about as [adjective] as [well-known actor deliberately used as a bad example]!"note Yeah, you're about as Southern as Dan Whitney!"

Blogger Beware has a really weird one. At first he started out making reference to people disappearing halfway through the book (generally under "Platonic Boy/Girl Relationship"), and it happened so often it started mutating until eventually, every entry would make reference to someone, doing something, halfway through some event.

Whenever Bailiff Jesse Thorn swears in the defendant and complainant in the Judge John Hodgman Podcast, he asks whether they'll "abide by the judge's ruling, no matter how insane/offensive/onerous/etc. it may seem."

The House To Astonish podcast always opens with "And in the week when [genuine news event], we ask [strange comics tangent]?" E.g. "And in the week when UBS Bank lost almost 2 million dollars to a rogue trader, we ask: is Uncle Scrooge's money bin now the only safe haven for your money?"

Tobuscus opens every episode of Cute Win Fail with the phrase, "Hi, I'm Toby Turner. [Improbable statement], and this is 'Cute Win Fail'." Said improbable statement is then used as a Running Gag in the remainder of the intro.

Pay Me, Bug!: Grif Vindh likes to take a word or phrase he just said, and "clarify" it by adding "and by [word or phrase], I mean [short rant that includes the word or phrase]."

"[The Tyrelos hospital] is fascinating," Grif said. "And by 'fascinating,' I mean 'isn't it fascinating how little I want to go back?'"

The introductions to Cracked TV and its spinoff Does Not Compute, starring Michael Swaim. Cracked TV starts with "Welcome to episode X of Cracked TV, where [phrase fitting into the acronym S.W.A.I.M.]" On DNC, it gets a little more versatile. "Welcome to episode [cultural reference relating to episode number] of Does Not Compute. I'm your host, [two word reference with initials M and S]. With me as always is my co-host, clips of [some bizarre thing scoured from the bottom of the internet]".

Some character (usually Pimp Lando): Why do you call it the evil <noun>? The Evil Guitarist: 'Cause sometimes it does this. [<noun> does something to injure Mr. Smiles, who walks on just for the occasion]

SF Debris: "But I'm no [career]/not a [career], I'm just a viewer with an opinion."

CinemaSins has several, including "X is a dick to Y", "[actor] isn't doing [something they're famous for] in this scene" (eg. "Liam Neeson isn't killing anyone in this scene"), "Visionary [genre] director rips off [classic film]", and "No one will be seated during the [boring stuff happening] scene."

They actually sell a shirt that says "Blank-ex-machina" because of how frequently use that particular phrase.

Lowtax of Gaming Garbage responds to Shmorky pointing things out by saying that it's "nature's _____"

PlayStation Access: Rob will start the Friday lists with him saying "Hello. You've caught me (doing thing relevant to the topic of the week)".

TB Skyen starts most of his videos with "Hello [noun]s and [other noun]s", where both nouns are a) thematically relevant to the video he's introducing and b) generally start with the same letter. For example, this video on Yordle trickster Lulu in League of Legends starts with "Hello Yordles and yahoos".

At the end of most episodes of The Nostalgia Critic, the Critic would say, "I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to." Occasionally, he would instead say, "I'm the Nostalgia Critic, and (something relevant to the situation)." Here is a partial list of such uses of the latter phrase:

From the review ofBlade: "I'm the Nostalgia Critic, and some Fruit By the Foots are always a few inches short."note Making fun of Blade's Pre-Mortem One-Liner, "Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill."

Mr. Burns: "Smither's who is this [insulting adjective]?" to which Smithers replies: "That's Homer Simpson, sir, one of your [different insulting adjective]s from sector 7G".

Homer: "Not now, [verb]ing!" or "Can't talk now, [verb]ing!"

Some of the original shorts, where the kids misbehaved on a trip, ended with Homer telling them "This is the last time we're taking you kids to [place]."

Making Fiends: Martin has "My [noun]!" as a running gag, with the noun either being a stolen item or injured body part. This was so belabored in the online version that that every single one of his sentences, exclamation or no, started with "My", with one exception across twenty episodes. (Two if you want to count the Translation Train Wreck that is the April Fool's episode.)

And Dorothy Ann has one too: "According to my research, [plot-relevant fact]."

There's also Ms. Frizzle's "As I always say, [thing she has never said before]."

Dr. Drakken of Kim Possible. His usual Catchphrase is "You think you're all that, Kim Possible! But you're not!" But he often changes it, especially if she has something new, or brought someone else with her:

The Fairly Oddparents has Mr. Bickles' catchphrase, "It's always been my dream to [whatever project he's heading at the moment]."

Popeye sometimes alters his closing song ("I'm strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach ") to fit the theme or Aesop of the short.note This is more common in the Al Broadax era, but is done occasionally in the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios eras. This was also done in all of the "And Knowing Is Half the Battle" segments in the All New Popeye Hour from the 1970s.

"No ifs, ands or maybes, I'll never has babies / I'm Popeye the Sailor Man""You spank kids I bet'cha, your conscience will get'cha / Says Popeye the Sailor Man.""I guess he's not jokin', I shouldn't be smokin' / I'm Popeye the Sailor Boy?""The martians were hateful, but now they are playful / 'Cause I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.""I'd rather be alive, than with a woman learning to drive / Says Popeye the Sailor Man.""The goons are defeated 'cuz me spinach I eated / I'm Popeye the Sailor Man!"

In Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer, Murky Dismal spends most of the movie referring to Lurky as "[random noun] brain"note There are two exceptions, though: when he calls him "bubblehead" and later "chicken breath".. In fact, he only calls him by his actual a grand total of three times.

Muppet Babies has a Running Gag where Baby Animal eats something, and then says "Good [whatever it was he just ate]! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Skull Boy: "I must be related to a long line of [insert profession here]!"

Mildew: "Confucius say..."

"...Girl who think she too good for bed of nails, not too good for bed of nails."

"...Guests who overstay welcome, cause too much bodily harm. And get lawsuits."

Garfield and Friends: Binky the Clown's Catchphrase is normally "HEEEEEEEY, KIDS!" but he sometimes changes it to fit who he's addressing such as "HEEEEEEEY, CAT!"

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood had one of the episode strategy phrases follow this format. In "Daniel's Tiger Twirl; You Can Play Your Own Way", the strategy phrase is I have my own way. The (insert character here) way!.

Ken Dodd, stand-up comedian, had "What a beautiful day! What a beautiful day for [insert wild, weird, rude, reckless, or otherwise energetic activity here]!" (E.g. "What a beautiful day! What a beautiful day for running into a nudist camp blindfolded and trying to shake hands with everyone!")

Whenever the police arrest a suspect, they're supposed to say, "You're under arrest for / on suspicion of [crime or other law breaking]", followed by the reading the suspect(s) his / her / their Miranda Rights.

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